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Ivanova A, Badertscher L, O'Driscoll G, Bergman J, Gordon E, Gunnarsson A, Johansson C, Munson MJ, Spinelli C, Torstensson S, Vilén L, Voirel A, Wiseman J, Rak J, Dekker N, Lázaro-Ibáñez E. Creating Designer Engineered Extracellular Vesicles for Diverse Ligand Display, Target Recognition, and Controlled Protein Loading and Delivery. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2304389. [PMID: 37867228 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Efficient and targeted delivery of therapeutic agents remains a bottleneck in modern medicine. Here, biochemical engineering approaches to advance the repurposing of extracellular vesicles (EVs) as drug delivery vehicles are explored. Targeting ligands such as the sugar GalNAc are displayed on the surface of EVs using a HaloTag-fused to a protein anchor that is enriched on engineered EVs. These EVs are successfully targeted to human primary hepatocytes. In addition, the authors are able to decorate EVs with an antibody that recognizes a GLP1 cell surface receptor by using an Fc and Fab region binding moiety fused to an anchor protein, and they show that this improves EV targeting to cells that overexpress the receptor. The authors also use two different protein-engineering approaches to improve the loading of Cre recombinase into the EV lumen and demonstrate that functional Cre protein is delivered into cells in the presence of chloroquine, an endosomal escape enhancer. Lastly, engineered EVs are well tolerated upon intravenous injection into mice without detectable signs of liver toxicity. Collectively, the data show that EVs can be engineered to improve cargo loading and specific cell targeting, which will aid their transformation into tailored drug delivery vehicles.
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- Alena Ivanova
- Discovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Translational Genomics, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Discovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Discovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Structure and Biophysics, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, Sweden Imaging Hub, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Glen Site, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Translational Genomics, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- DMPK, Research and Early Development Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Translational Genomics, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Glen Site, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Discovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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- Discovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50, Sweden
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Hu K, McKay PF, Samnuan K, Najer A, Blakney AK, Che J, O'Driscoll G, Cihova M, Stevens MM, Shattock RJ. Presentation of antigen on extracellular vesicles using transmembrane domains from viral glycoproteins for enhanced immunogenicity. J Extracell Vesicles 2022; 11:e12199. [PMID: 35233930 PMCID: PMC8888812 DOI: 10.1002/jev2.12199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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A vaccine antigen, when launched as DNA or RNA, can be presented in various forms, including intracellular, secreted, membrane-bound, or on extracellular vesicles (EVs). Whether an antigen in one or more of these forms is superior in immune induction remains unclear. In this study, we used GFP as a model antigen and first compared the EV-loading efficiency of transmembrane domains (TMs) from various viral glycoproteins, and then investigated whether EV-bound GFP (EV-GFP) would enhance immune induction. Our data showed that GFP fused to viral TMs was successfully loaded onto the surface of EVs. In addition, GFP-bound EVs were predominantly associated with the exosome marker CD81. Immunogenicity study with EV-GFP-producing plasmids in mice demonstrated that antigen-specific IgG and IgA were significantly increased in EV-GFP groups, compared to soluble and intracellular GFP groups. Similarly, GFP-specific T cell response-related cytokines produced by antigen-stimulated splenocytes were also enhanced in mice immunized with EV-GFP constructs. Immunogenicity study with purified soluble GFP and GFP EVs further confirmed the immune enhancement property of EV-GFP in mice. In vitro uptake assays indicated that EV-GFP was more efficiently taken up than soluble GFP by mouse splenocytes and such uptake was B cell preferential. Taken together, our data indicate that viral TMs can efficiently load antigens onto the EV surface, and that EV-bound antigen enhances both humoral and cell-mediated antigen-specific responses.
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- Kai Hu
- Department of Infectious DiseasesImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Infectious DiseasesImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Infectious DiseasesImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of MaterialsDepartment of Bioengineeringand Institute of Biomedical EngineeringImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Infectious DiseasesImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of MaterialsDepartment of Bioengineeringand Institute of Biomedical EngineeringImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of MaterialsDepartment of Bioengineeringand Institute of Biomedical EngineeringImperial College LondonLondonUK,Division of Radiotherapy and ImagingThe Institute of Cancer ResearchLondonUK
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- Department of MaterialsDepartment of Bioengineeringand Institute of Biomedical EngineeringImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of MaterialsDepartment of Bioengineeringand Institute of Biomedical EngineeringImperial College LondonLondonUK
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Munson MJ, O'Driscoll G, Silva AM, Lázaro-Ibáñez E, Gallud A, Wilson JT, Collén A, Esbjörner EK, Sabirsh A. A high-throughput Galectin-9 imaging assay for quantifying nanoparticle uptake, endosomal escape and functional RNA delivery. Commun Biol 2021; 4:211. [PMID: 33594247 PMCID: PMC7887203 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01728-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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RNA-based therapies have great potential to treat many undruggable human diseases. However, their efficacy, in particular for mRNA, remains hampered by poor cellular delivery and limited endosomal escape. Development and optimisation of delivery vectors, such as lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), are impeded by limited screening methods to probe the intracellular processing of LNPs in sufficient detail. We have developed a high-throughput imaging-based endosomal escape assay utilising a Galectin-9 reporter and fluorescently labelled mRNA to probe correlations between nanoparticle-mediated uptake, endosomal escape frequency, and mRNA translation. Furthermore, this assay has been integrated within a screening platform for optimisation of lipid nanoparticle formulations. We show that Galectin-9 recruitment is a robust, quantitative reporter of endosomal escape events induced by different mRNA delivery nanoparticles and small molecules. We identify nanoparticles with superior escape properties and demonstrate cell line variances in endosomal escape response, highlighting the need for fine-tuning of delivery formulations for specific applications.
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- Michael J Munson
- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Discovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Projects, Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Lam K, Hayes H, Barber J, Green G, Dembo L, O'Driscoll G. 118 Effectiveness of Platelet Aggregation Inhibitor (Tirofiban) in Treating Continuous Flow Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Thrombus. J Heart Lung Transplant 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.01.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Fowler RM, Jenkins SC, Maiorana AJ, Gain KR, O'Driscoll G, Gabbay E. Measurement properties of the 6-min walk test in individuals with exercise-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension. Intern Med J 2011; 41:679-87. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02501.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Perry M, Morrissey D, Emerson C, Teatino R, Shaikh Z, Mitchell S, O'Driscoll G, Ahmad M, Maffulli N. Achilles tendon thickness, ultrasound signs and symptoms in skaters, gymnasts, elite soccer players, club athletes and healthy sedentary adults - a cross-sectional study. Br J Sports Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.081554.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Jhingan S, Perry M, O'Driscoll G, Ahmad M, Maffulli N, Morrissey D. Are asymptomatic ultrasound abnormalities in the achilles tendon of elite soccer players risk factors for symptoms one year later? a longitudinal cohort study. Br J Sports Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.081554.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Strueber M, Jansz P, Wieselthaler G, O'Driscoll G, Morshuis M, Khaghani A, Schueler S, Hetzer R, Hoffmeier A, Duveau D. 291: Evaluation of the Minimally Invasive HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System as a Long Term Support Device. J Heart Lung Transplant 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.11.303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Strueber M, Birks E, Jansz P, O'Driscoll G, Wieselthaler G. 544: Clinical Results of the International HeartWare® LVAS Bridge to Transplant Trial. J Heart Lung Transplant 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.11.551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Manins V, Parle N, Dembo L, O'Driscoll G. 91: T-Lymphocyte Cytolytic Therapy as Treatment of Fulminant Lymphocytic Myocarditis Is Associated with Rapid Improvement in Hemodynamic and Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities. J Heart Lung Transplant 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.11.768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Hayes H, Dembo L, Larbalestier R, O'Driscoll G. Successful treatment of ventricular assist device associated ventricular thrombus with systemic tenecteplase. Heart Lung Circ 2007; 17:253-5. [PMID: 17581787 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2007] [Revised: 04/17/2007] [Accepted: 04/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We report a case of intracardiac thrombus in a patient supported by the Jarvik 2000 Flowmaker successfully treated with a single dose of peripherally administered TNK-tissue plasminogen activator (Tenecteplase, Metalyse, Boehringer Ingelheim). This strategy may be considered in the case of life-threatening VAD associated thrombosis to avoid the need for intracardiac drug delivery or VAD replacement. We also discuss the apparent increased thrombotic risk in patients receiving a VAD for chemotherapy induced cardiomyopathy and the implications this may have for the choice of VAD.
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- H Hayes
- Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Service, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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Keren A, Hayes HM, O'Driscoll G. Late Humoral Rejection in a Cardiac Transplant Recipient Treated With the Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody Rituximab. Transplant Proc 2006; 38:1520-2. [PMID: 16797348 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Humoral or vascular rejection results from a B cell-mediated production of immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibody against a transplanted organ, producing immune complex deposition on the vascular endothelium, activation of the complement cascade, generation of endothelial dysfunction, and regional ischemic injury. Antibody-mediated rejection, which may be accompanied by hemodynamic compromise, is associated with reduced long-term graft survival. Patients believed to be at an increased risk of developing humoral rejection include women, particularly those with high levels of panel reactive antibodies, cytomegalovirus seropositivity, and positive cross matches, and subjects with prior sensitization to OKT3. Treatment options for humoral rejection include plasmapheresis to lower the circulating immunoglobulin levels followed by high-dose cyclophosphamide to reduce the B-cell population. Other modalities include total lymphoid irradiation, photophoresis, splenectomy, and, for treatment failures, retransplantation. Rituximab is a chimeric humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the pan B-cell surface molecule, CD20. It is approved for the treatment of low-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It has also been used successfully for the treatment of posttransplant B-cell lymphoproliferative disease. We report a case of late humoral rejection successfully treated with rituximab.
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- A Keren
- Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Service, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia.
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AIMS The incidence of Type 2 diabetes is increasing, along with its associated micro- and macrovascular disease manifestations. Previous studies indicate that patients with Type 2 diabetes exhibit abnormal cardiopulmonary reflex responses to various stimuli, although the impact of hypoxia, a common physiological stimulus, on ventilatory responses has not previously been studied in humans with Type 2 diabetes. METHODS Minute ventilation (V(E)) breathing pattern responses (total breath time, T(TOT); expiratory time, T(E); inspiratory time, T(I); inspiratory duty cycle, T(I)/T(TOT)) were measured during 5 min each of normoxia and isocapnic hypoxia (arterial O2 saturation approximately 85%) in eight subjects with Type 2 diabetes and seven age- and body mass index-matched healthy subjects. RESULTS During normoxia, V(E) was similar in control and diabetic subjects (6.4+/-1.2, 6.4+/-1.1 l/min, respectively). In response to hypoxia, V(E) significantly increased in both groups (to 17.0+/-5.0 and 9.5+/-2.0 l/min, respectively, P<0.05), but the magnitude of increase in V(E) was significantly less in diabetic than in control subjects (P<0.05). In addition, the breathing pattern response to hypoxia differed between groups in terms of T(I)/T(TOT) and T(TOT) (P<0.05), with control subjects significantly decreasing T(TOT) and T(E) (P<0.05) while diabetic subjects tended to increase both. CONCLUSIONS Relative to matched control subjects, Type 2 diabetic subjects exhibit blunted V(E) responses to acute isocapnic hypoxia, suggesting that this group of diabetic subjects possesses a chemoreflex ill-equipped to respond homeostatically to hypoxic challenge.
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- C J Weisbrod
- School of Human Movement & Exercise Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA
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Maiorana A, O'Driscoll G, Dembo L, Goodman C, Taylor R, Green D. Exercise training, vascular function, and functional capacity in middle-aged subjects. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001; 33:2022-8. [PMID: 11740294 DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200112000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 wk of exercise training on functional capacity, muscular strength, body composition, and vascular function in sedentary but healthy subjects by using a randomized, crossover protocol. METHODS After familiarization sessions, 19 subjects aged 47 +/- 2 yr (mean +/- SE) undertook a randomized, crossover design study of the effect of 8 wk of supervised circuit training consisting of combined aerobic and resistance exercise. Peak oxygen uptake (.VO(2peak)), sum of 7 maximal voluntary contractions and the sum of 8 skinfolds and 5 segment girths were determined at entry, crossover, and 16 wk. Endothelium-dependent and -independent vascular function were determined by forearm strain-gauge plethysmography and intrabrachial infusions of acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) in 16 subjects. RESULTS Training did not alter ACh or SNP responses. .VO(2peak), (28.6 +/- 1.1 to 32.6 +/- 1.3 mL.kg(-1).min(-1), P < 0.001), exercise test duration (17.4 +/- 1.1 to 22.1 +/- 1.2 min, P < 0.001), and muscular strength (465 +/- 27 to 535 +/- 27 kg, P < 0.001) significantly increased after the exercise program, whereas skinfolds decreased (144 +/- 10 vs 134 +/- 9 mm, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION These results suggest that moderate intensity circuit training designed to minimize the involvement of the arms improves functional capacity, body composition, and strength in healthy, middle-aged subjects without significantly influencing upper limb vascular function. This finding contrasts with previous studies in subjects with type 2 diabetes and heart failure that employed an identical training program.
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- A Maiorana
- Department of Human Movement and Exercise Science, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia
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Maiorana A, O'Driscoll G, Cheetham C, Dembo L, Stanton K, Goodman C, Taylor R, Green D. The effect of combined aerobic and resistance exercise training on vascular function in type 2 diabetes. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38:860-6. [PMID: 11527646 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01439-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine whether exercise training stimulates a generalized improvement in vascular function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. BACKGROUND Exercise is often recommended for patients with type 2 diabetes to improve physical conditioning and glycemic control. This study examined the effect of eight weeks of exercise training on conduit and resistance vessel function in patients with type 2 diabetes, using a randomized crossover design. METHODS Both resistance vessel endothelium-dependent and -independent functions were determined by forearm plethysmography and intrabrachial infusions of acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP), respectively, in 16 patients with type 2 diabetes. Conduit vessel endothelial function was assessed in 15 of these patients using high-resolution ultrasound and flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery; glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) was used as an endothelium-independent dilator. RESULTS Flow-mediated dilation increased from 1.7 +/- 0.5% to 5.0 +/- 0.4% following training (p < 0.001). The forearm blood flow ratio to ACh was significantly improved (analysis of variance, p < 0.05). Responses to SNP and GTN were unchanged. Endothelium-dependent vasodilation was enhanced in both conduit and resistance vessels. CONCLUSIONS If endothelial dysfunction is an integral component of the pathogenesis of vascular disease, as currently believed, this study supports the value of an exercise program in the management of type 2 diabetes.
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- A Maiorana
- Department of Human Movement and Exercise Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
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Cheetham C, O'Driscoll G, Stanton K, Taylor R, Green D. Losartan, an angiotensin type I receptor antagonist, improves conduit vessel endothelial function in Type II diabetes. Clin Sci (Lond) 2001; 100:13-7. [PMID: 11115412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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We have demonstrated previously that inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) with enalapril and angiotensin II blockade with losartan improve acetylcholine-dependent endothelial function in resistance vessels of patients with Type II diabetes. It was therefore of interest to examine the effect of losartan on conduit vessel function in this group. The influence of losartan (50 mg daily for 4 weeks) on endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilator function was determined in 12 subjects with Type II diabetes using a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover protocol. Conduit vessel endothelial function was assessed using high-resolution ultrasound and the brachial artery response to reactive hyperaemia (flow-mediated dilation; FMD); glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) was used as a non-endothelium-dependent dilator. Losartan administration significantly increased the FMD response from 5.2+/-0.7% (mean+/-S.E.M.) to 7.4+/-0.6% of vessel diameter (P<0.05; paired t-test). There was no effect of losartan on the endothelium-independent responses to GTN (17.8+/-1.8% to 17.6+/-1.2%). Consistent with our previous findings in resistance vessels, administration of 50 mg of losartan daily improves NO-mediated dilation in the conduit vessels of subjects with Type II diabetes. Together with the findings that both ACE inhibition and angiotensin II blockade improve resistance vessel function in this group, it is likely that at least some of the beneficial effect is mediated through the angiotensin II/type I receptor pathway. A type I receptor antagonist seems a reasonable alternative to an ACE inhibitor to maintain conduit vessel endothelial function in Type II diabetic subjects.
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- C Cheetham
- Department of Human Movement and Exercise Science, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6907, Western Australia, Australia
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Blanton C, O'Driscoll G, Hendriks R, Hobbs M, Langton P. Co-morbid diseases and their potential impact on the pharmacotherapy of heart failure. Heart Lung Circ 2000. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1443-9506.2000.06681.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cheetham C, Collis J, O'Driscoll G, Stanton K, Taylor R, Green D. Losartan, an angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonist, improves endothelial function in non-insulin-dependent diabetes. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 36:1461-6. [PMID: 11079643 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00933-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The present study examined the effect on forearm endothelial function of an angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist, losartan, in subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). BACKGROUND Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition with enalapril improves acetylcholine (ACh)-dependent endothelial function in patients with NIDDM. This could be mediated through angiotensin II and the type 1 receptor or could be due to inhibition of kininase II and a bradykinin preserving effect. It is therefore relevant to determine whether a type 1 receptor antagonist improves endothelial function. METHODS The influence of losartan (50 mg daily for four weeks) on endothelium-dependent and independent vasodilator function was determined in 9 NIDDM subjects using a double-blinded placebo-controlled crossover protocol. Forearm blood flow was measured using strain-gauge plethysmography. RESULTS Losartan significantly decreased infused arm vascular resistance in response to three incremental doses of intrabrachial acetylcholine (p < 0.05, ANOVA). The forearm blood flow ratio (flow in infused to noninfused arm) was also increased (p < 0.01). Responses to sodium nitroprusside and monomethyl arginine were not significantly changed. CONCLUSIONS Losartan administration at 50 mg per day improved endothelium-dependent dilation of resistance vessels in patients with NIDDM. That is, blockade of the angiotensin II type 1 receptors improves endothelial function in NIDDM. At least some of the similarly beneficial effect of ACE inhibition is probably mediated also through the angiotensin II-type 1 receptor pathway. The use of a type 1 receptor antagonist seems a reasonable alternative to an ACE inhibitor to maintain endothelial function in NIDDM subjects.
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- C Cheetham
- Department of Human Movement and Exercise Science, The University of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia
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Maiorana A, O'Driscoll G, Dembo L, Cheetham C, Goodman C, Taylor R, Green D. Effect of aerobic and resistance exercise training on vascular function in heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000; 279:H1999-2005. [PMID: 11009490 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.279.4.h1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Exercise training of a muscle group improves local vascular function in subjects with chronic heart failure (CHF). We studied forearm resistance vessel function in 12 patients with CHF in response to an 8-wk exercise program, which specifically excluded forearm exercise, using a crossover design. Forearm blood flow (FBF) was measured using strain-gauge plethysmography. Responses to three dose levels of intra-arterial acetylcholine were significantly augmented after exercise training when analyzed in terms of absolute flows (7.0 +/- 1.8 to 10.9 +/- 2.1 ml x 100 ml(-1) x min(-1) for the highest dose, P < 0.05 by ANOVA), forearm vascular resistance (21.5 +/- 5.0 to 15.3 +/- 3.9 ml x 100 ml forearm(-1) x min(-1), P < 0.01), or FBF ratios (P < 0.01, ANOVA). FBF ratio responses to sodium nitroprusside were also significantly increased after training (P < 0.05, ANOVA). Reactive hyperemic flow significantly increased in both upper limbs after training (27.9 +/- 2.7 to 33.5 +/- 3.1 ml x 100 ml(-1) x min(-1), infused limb; P < 0.05 by paired t-test). Exercise training improves endothelium-dependent and -independent vascular function and peak vasodilator capacity in patients with CHF. These effects on the vasculature are generalized, as they were evident in a vascular bed not directly involved in the exercise stimulus.
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- A Maiorana
- Department of Human Movement and Exercise Science, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6907
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O'Driscoll G. Chronic heart failure. A guide for practical management. Aust Fam Physician 2000; 29:423-7. [PMID: 10835779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chronic heart failure is an increasingly common problem in Australia and most management occurs in the outpatient setting. OBJECTIVE To review the options available in the management of chronic heart failure. DISCUSSION Appropriate management can dramatically improve the prognosis, symptoms and quality of life of chronic heart failure patients.
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- G O'Driscoll
- Advanced Heart Failure Service, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia.
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Maiorana A, O'Driscoll G, Cheetham C, Collis J, Goodman C, Rankin S, Taylor R, Green D. Combined aerobic and resistance exercise training improves functional capacity and strength in CHF. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2000; 88:1565-70. [PMID: 10797113 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.5.1565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study examined the effect of a novel circuit weight training (CWT) program on cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, and body composition in 13 patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), using a prospective randomized crossover protocol. Peak exercise oxygen uptake (VO(2 peak)) increased after the 8-wk CWT program (19. 5 +/- 1.2 vs. 22.0 +/- 1.5 ml. kg(-1). min(-1), P < 0.01), as did exercise test duration (15.2 +/- 0.9 vs. 18.0 +/- 1.1 min, P < 0. 001). Submaximal exercise heart rate was lower after training at 60 and 80 W (121 +/- 3 vs. 134 +/- 5 beats/min, P < 0.01) as was rate pressure product, whereas ventilatory threshold increased, from 52 +/- 3 to 58 +/- 3% of VO(2 peak) (P < 0.05). CWT also increased maximal isotonic voluntary contractile strength for seven different muscle groups, from 392 to 462 kg (P = 0.001). CWT, an exercise prescription specifically targeting peripheral abnormalities in CHF, improves functional capacity and muscular strength in these patients.
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- A Maiorana
- Departments of Human Movement and Exercise Science, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6907, Australia
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O'Driscoll G, Green D, Maiorana A, Stanton K, Colreavy F, Taylor R. Improvement in endothelial function by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999; 33:1506-11. [PMID: 10334415 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00065-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition with enalapril on forearm endothelial function in subjects with type II diabetes mellitus. BACKGROUND Endothelial function is depressed in the presence of conventional risk factors for atherosclerosis, and various therapies, such as lipid-lowering therapy in hypercholesterolemia, can improve endothelial-mediated vasodilation. ACE inhibition has improved such function in several conditions including type I diabetes, but there is no evidence for a beneficial effect in type II diabetes. METHODS The influence of enalapril (10 mg twice daily for 4 weeks) on endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilator function was determined in 10 type II diabetic subjects using a double-blinded placebo-controlled crossover protocol. Forearm blood flow was measured using strain-gage plethysmography and graded intrabrachial infusion of acetylcholine (ACh), N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (LNMMA) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP). RESULTS Enalapril increased the response to the endothelium-dependent vasodilator, ACh (p < 0.02) and the vasoconstrictor response to the nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, LNMMA (p < 0.002). No difference was evident in the response to SNP. CONCLUSIONS In type II diabetic subjects without evidence of vascular disease, the ACE inhibitor enalapril improved stimulated and basal NO-dependent endothelial function. The study extends the spectrum of beneficial effects demonstrated to result from ACE inhibition in diabetes.
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- G O'Driscoll
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Nedlands, Australia
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Green D, O'Driscoll G, Rankin JM, Maiorana AJ, Taylor RR. Beneficial effect of vitamin E administration on nitric oxide function in subjects with hypercholesterolaemia. Clin Sci (Lond) 1998; 95:361-7. [PMID: 9730857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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1. Vitamin E administration improves endothelial function in hypercholesterolaemic animals but, generally, has not been found to do so in man. The aim of this study was to determine whether vitamin E administration improves basal or stimulated function of the nitric oxide (NO) dilator system in patients with hypercholesterolaemia. 2. Seven subjects aged 47+/-3 (+/-S.E.M.) years with moderately elevated serum cholesterol concentrations (6.0+/-0.1 mmol/l) were given 4 weeks of placebo therapy followed by 500 i.u. of vitamin E twice daily for 4 weeks. Endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilatation were assessed by intrabrachial infusion of acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside, and forearm blood flow was measured by strain-gauge plethysmography. Basal NO function was assessed by infusion of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine. 3. Plasma alpha-tocopherol concentration was enhanced after administration of vitamin E (34.6+/-1.8 to 86.9+/-9.6 micromol/l; P<0.001). In addition, vitamin E administration significantly increased acetylcholine-mediated vasodilatation whether the results were expressed in terms of changes in absolute forearm blood flow (P<0. 01), forearm vascular resistance (P<0.05) or forearm blood flow ratios (P<0.001). Similarly, absolute forearm blood flow (P<0.05), forearm vascular resistance (P<0.01) and forearm blood flow ratio (P<0.01) responses to NG-monomethyl-L-arginine were augmented by vitamin E therapy. Sodium nitroprusside responses were unaltered. 4. These results indicate that 4 weeks therapy with 1000 i.u. of vitamin E daily improves basal and stimulated NO-related endothelial function in subjects with hypercholesterolaemia.
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- D Green
- Department of Human Movement Studies, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6907, Australia
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O'Driscoll G, Green D, Rankin J, Stanton K, Taylor R. Improvement in endothelial function by angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. J Clin Invest 1997; 100:678-84. [PMID: 9239416 PMCID: PMC508237 DOI: 10.1172/jci119580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We postulated that nitric oxide (NO)-mediated endothelial function would be improved by acute and short-term treatment with an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor in patients with type I diabetes mellitus, in whom endothelial function is depressed. Nine type I diabetic patients and eight healthy subjects underwent forearm blood flow measurement using strain gauge plethysmography during intraarterial infusion of incremental doses of endothelium-dependent (acetylcholine [ACh]) and endothelium-independent (sodium nitroprusside [SNP]) vasodilators. Pretreatment ACh responses were depressed in diabetic patients relative to the normal subjects (P < 0.05). No difference between the groups was evident in response to SNP. Acute ACE inhibition (with intrabrachial enalaprilat) enhanced ACh responses in the diabetic patients (P < 0.005), with a further improvement evident after 1 mo of oral therapy with enalapril (P < 0.001) when ACh responses were normalized. ACE inhibition did not affect SNP responses. We conclude that acute administration of the ACE inhibitor, enalaprilat, enhances NO-mediated endothelial function in type I diabetic patients, with further improvement evident after 4 wk of enalapril therapy.
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- G O'Driscoll
- Department of Cardiology and Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia.
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BACKGROUND Cholesterol-lowering therapy can improve cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with atherosclerosis. Although the mechanisms responsible are unclear, these benefits precede macroscopic changes in the vasculature. Emerging evidence that improvement in endothelial function may occur requires substantiation; in particular, it is unclear how early any such improvement would be detectable after initiation of therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study evaluated the effect of simvastatin (20 mg daily for 4 weeks) on endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent vasodilation and on the response to the inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), in the forearm vasculature of subjects with moderate elevation of total serum cholesterol (6.0 to 10.0 mmol/L) by use of strain-gauge plethysmography. Studies were repeated after 3 more months of open therapy. When the results are expressed as percentage changes in flow in the infused arm relative to the noninfused arm, the vasodilator response to acetylcholine was significantly increased after 4 weeks of treatment with simvastatin (P < .0005), and this improvement was further enhanced after 3 months (P < .005). Concurrently, simvastatin augmented the vasoconstrictor response to L-NMMA, an effect that was maintained at 3 months (P < .0005). The response to the endothelium-independent vasodilator sodium nitroprusside was unaltered. CONCLUSIONS These observations indicate that within 1 month of treatment with simvastatin, both the stimulated and basal nitric oxide dilator functions of the endothelium are augmented, and the benefits of this HMG-coenzyme A reductase inhibitor persist with continued therapy.
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- G O'Driscoll
- Department of Cardiology and Medicine, Royal Perth (Australia) Hospital
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Green DJ, O'Driscoll G, Blanksby BA, Taylor RR. Control of skeletal muscle blood flow during dynamic exercise: contribution of endothelium-derived nitric oxide. Sports Med 1996; 21:119-46. [PMID: 8775517 DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199621020-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Traditional explanations for the hyperaemia which accompanies exercise have invoked the 'metabolic theory' of vasodilation, whereby contractile activity in the active muscle gives rise to metabolic by-products which dilate vessels bathed in interstitial fluid. Whilst metabolites with vasodilator properties have been identified, this theory does not adequately explain the magnitude of hyperaemia observed in active skeletal muscle, principally because large increases in flow are dependent on dilation of 'feed' arteries which lie outside the tissue parenchyma and are not subjected to changes in the interstitial milieu. Coordinated resistance vessel dilation during exercise is therefore dependent on a signal which 'ascends' from the microvessels to the feed arteries located upstream. Recent studies of ascending vasodilation have concentrated on the possible contribution of the endothelium, a monolayer of flattened squamous cells which lie at the interface between the circulating blood and vascular wall. These cells are uniquely positioned to respond to changes in rheological and humoral conditions within the cardiovascular system, and to transduce these changes into vasoactive signals which regulate blood flow, vascular tone and arterial pressure. Endothelial cells produce nitric oxide (NO), a rapidly diffusing labile substance which relaxes adjacent vascular smooth muscle. NO is released basally and contributes to the regulation of vascular tone by acting as a functional antagonist to sympathetic neural constriction. In addition, NO is spontaneously released in response to deformation of the endothelial cell membrane, indicating that changes in pulsatile flow and wall shear stress are likely physiological stimuli. Since the dilation of microvessels in response to exercise increases blood flow through the upstream feed arteries, which subsequently dilate, one explanation for ascending vasodilation is that NO release is stimulated by flow-induced shear stress. Evidence that NO contributes to ascending vasodilation is reviewed, along with studies which indicate that NO mediates exercise hyperaemia, that physical conditioning upregulates NO production and that NO controls blood flow by modifying other physiological mechanisms.
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- D J Green
- Department of Human Movement Studies, University of Western Australia, Nedlands
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Green D, O'Driscoll G, Blanksby B, Taylor R. Lack of effect of vitamin E administration on basal nitric oxide function in male smokers and non-smokers. Clin Sci (Lond) 1995; 89:343-8. [PMID: 7493433 DOI: 10.1042/cs0890343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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1. The antioxidant properties of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) have been proposed to account for a possible protective effect in coronary artery disease. Coronary risk factors are associated with depressed endothelium-derived nitric oxide responses, and some evidence suggests increased quenching of the vasodilator effect of nitric oxide by oxygen free radicals. This study examined the possibility that vitamin E supplementation would improve basal function of the nitric oxide dilator system in long-term smokers and non-smokers. 2. Nine healthy male life-long non-smoking subjects and eight smokers (36 +/- 6 cigarettes per day, > 7 years) were given 1000 i.u. of vitamin E per day for a 4-week period, while five additional non-smokers received placebo. Forearm blood flow responses to intra-arterial infusion of noradrenaline (60, 120 and 240 rho mol/min) and the competitive inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (1, 2 and 4 mumol/min) were measured before and after therapy. 3. No changes were evident in the constrictor responses to noradrenaline or NG-monomethyl-L-arginine in any group. These results indicate that vitamin E supplementation does not influence basal activity of the nitric oxide-dilator system in vivo.
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- D Green
- Department of Human Movement Studies, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
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Brain SD, Hughes SR, Cambridge H, O'Driscoll G. The contribution of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) to neurogenic vasodilator responses. Agents Actions 1993; 38 Spec No:C19-21. [PMID: 8317313 DOI: 10.1007/bf01991124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a potent vasodilator in the microcirculation of many tissues including the skin and joint. In order to elucidate the mechanism of endogenous CGRP release, we have used a multiple site 133Xe clearance technique to measure local blood flow changes in response to agents injected intradermally in the rabbit. Capsaicin (100 nmol/site) and human alpha CGRP (3 pmol/site) stimulated similar increases in blood flow and, in both cases, the effect was totally abolished by the CGRP antagonist, CGRP8-37 (1 nmol/site). By contrast, the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-nitro arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 30 nmol/site) had little effect on human alpha CGRP-induced vasodilation, but caused significant inhibition of the response to capsaicin (p < 0.05). These results show that increased blood flow in rabbit skin caused by exogenous CGRP is independent of nitric oxide. In addition, however, they suggest that nitric oxide is required for either the release of endogenous CGRP from capsaicin-sensitive nerves or its subsequent activity.
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- S D Brain
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, King's College, London
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Bemporad J, O'Driscoll G, Beresin E, Ratey JJ, Lindem K, Herzog DB. A psychoanalytic study of eating disorders: II. Intergroup and intragroup comparisons. J Am Acad Psychoanal 1992; 20:533-41. [PMID: 1291542 DOI: 10.1521/jaap.1.1992.20.4.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- J Bemporad
- Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College
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Bemporad JR, Beresin E, Ratey JJ, O'Driscoll G, Lindem K, Herzog DB. A psychoanalytic study of eating disorders: I. A developmental profile of 67 index cases. J Am Acad Psychoanal 1992; 20:509-31. [PMID: 1291541 DOI: 10.1521/jaap.1.1992.20.4.509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Much has been written in both the professional literature and lay press regarding the sociocultural basis for the current increase in eating disorders. The typical victims of these afflictions appear to be intelligent adolescent girls from middle and upper class families (Garfinkel and Garner, 1982). Although the general pressure for thinness, mastery, and achievement among women in our culture undoubtedly help shape the course of illness, these social mores do not appear to be its root causes. The data presented here suggest strongly that the truly eating-disordered individual has a history of disturbances in early relationships, leading to a lack of security and pronounced difficulties in trusting others, and in simply being an authentic individual in the presence of others. As such these individuals share many characteristics of others with severe personality disorders such as inner emptiness, problems with identity, fear of abandonment, and peer relationships (Clarkin et al., in press), but differ in the expression of these basic defects or in solutions found to compensate pathologically for these core deficiencies. Therefore, although contemporary cultural ideals and values may supply the shape of the disorder, these individuals would have fared badly in any social climate although their presentation of illness may have differed (Bemporad et al., 1988). It is this profound underlying personality pathology that necessitates prolonged treatment for any hope of amelioration. Later reports will address this indication with a description of the results of therapy.
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- J R Bemporad
- Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to ascertain the current diagnosis in late adolescence or early adulthood of children who had previously been diagnosed as "borderline." METHOD This was a prospective follow-up study of 19 of a group of 32 children (ages 6-10) who had been diagnosed as "borderline" during their treatment at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center approximately 10-20 years earlier. Life history information was collected, and axis I and axis II diagnoses were assigned by use of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R and unstructured clinical interviews. RESULTS The most significant finding was that, contrary to expectations, there were no axis I diagnoses of affective disorders or schizophrenia. On the other hand, axis II diagnoses were prevalent, and the overall outcome for the subjects was poor. Family stability was the only significant predictor of the relatively good outcome of five of the subjects. CONCLUSIONS The childhood borderline diagnosis appears to be an antecedent of an array of adult personality disorders, but it is not associated with the adult borderline personality disorder per se, nor with axis I diagnoses.
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- D P Lofgren
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Anorexia and hysteria seem to be expressions of age-specific conflicts intensified by constrictive cultural ideas and certain kinds of familial constellations. The disorder that ensues appears to represent the individual's desperate attempt to escape the conflicts of adult life according to models offered by the prevailing cultural values.
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- J R Bemporad
- Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston 02115
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Ratey JJ, Bemporad J, Sorgi P, Bick P, Polakoff S, O'Driscoll G, Mikkelsen E. Open trial effects of beta-blockers on speech and social behaviors in 8 autistic adults. J Autism Dev Disord 1987; 17:439-46. [PMID: 3654495 DOI: 10.1007/bf01487073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We began open trials of beta-blockers, as adjunctive medication, in eight consecutive autistic adults. The immediate result across all patients was a rapid diminution in aggressivity (Ratey et al., 1987). As time on the drug increased, subtler changes in speech and socialization emerged. While results of open trials must be interpreted with caution, these changes were significant and lasting. We speculate that these effects may be the result of a lessening of the autistic individual's state of hyperarousal. As the individual becomes less anxious, defensive and dearousing behaviors are relinquished and more social and adaptive behaviors appear. There is a concomitant improvement in language, though it is unclear whether lost skills are recouped or new ones developed. Further research is indicated.
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- J J Ratey
- Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
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O'Driscoll G, Duggan PF. Distribution of the calcium-ion-transport system in subcellular fractions from rabbit brain [proceedings]. Biochem Soc Trans 1977; 5:1708-10. [PMID: 145977 DOI: 10.1042/bst0051708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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